
Authority in Language
Investigating Standard English
Lesley Milroy(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 12. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-0-415-17413-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book has a great track record; of its kind its the best on the market. - Deborah Cameron, University of Strathclyde
This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity. Other topics covered include:
* National Curriculum and arguments about linguistic correctness *
* new varieties of English (including African American English)
* attitudes to language
These revisions ensure Authority in Language remains topical and up-to-date.
This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity. Other topics covered include:
* National Curriculum and arguments about linguistic correctness *
* new varieties of English (including African American English)
* attitudes to language
These revisions ensure Authority in Language remains topical and up-to-date.
More details
Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
5 s/w Tabellen
5 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-17413-8 (9780415174138)
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11/1998
3rd Edition
Routledge
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Content
Part 1 Prescription and standardization: language prescription and its consequences; lingusitics and prescription; attitudes to language; languages standardization. Part 2 Standard English and the complaint tradition: the history of standard English; the function of language complaints in maintaining the standard; correctness and semantic shift; George Orwell and the moralistic tradition; standardization and the teaching of literacy; conclusions. Part 3 Spoken and written norms: language change and language maintenance; spoken English and the effects of literacy; the spoken and written channels; conclusions. Part 4 Grammar and speech: prescription and spoken language; prescription and contextual variability in speech; the grammar of non-standard English; conclusion. Part 5 Linguistic prescription and the speech community: the social distribution of linguistic variants; some common prescriptions - a critique; a wider perspective on prescriptivism; group identity and language variation; conclusion. Part 6 Linguistic repertoires and communicative competence: communicative competence; types of linguistic repertoire; some practical considerations; observing and analyzing linguistic repertoires; conclusion. Part 7 "Planned" and "unplanned" speech events: spoken and written language; planned and unplanned discourse; the discourse of structure of interviews; applying sociolinguistic principles to test situations - an example; some wider implications; conclusion. Part 8 Some practical implications of prescriptivism - the linguistic adequacy of language assessment procedures: linguistic critiques of language tests - the question of linguistic realism; linguistic critiques of language tests - the question of cultural linguistic bias; concluding remarks; coda.